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| KwaZulu-Natal Destinations Durban  [History] [City Centre] [Indian Quarter] [Golden Mile] [uShaka Marine World] [Victoria Embankment] [Umhlanga Rocks] North Coast [North Coast] [Zinkwazi] [Tugela River] Zululand (Southern Part) [Zulu Cultural Villages] [Shakaland Eshowe] [Ulundi] [Richard's Bay] Elephant Coast [Hluhluwe-Umfolozi] [iSimangaliso Wetland Park] [St.Lucia] [Sodwana Bay] [Kosi Bay] [Tembe Elephant Park] [Ndumo Game Reserve] [Mkhuze Game Reserve] Zululand (Northern Part) [Pongola Nature Reserve] [Ithala Game Reserve] Battlefields [Vryheid] [Ncome-Bloodriver] [Dundee] [Ladysmith] Drakensberg [uKhahlamba-Drakensberg] [Royal Natal NP] [Central Drakensberg] [Giant's Castle] [Southern Drakensberg] [Sani Pass] Midlands [Midlands Meander] [Pietermaritzburg] South Coast [South Coast Holiday] [Oribi Gorge] [Margate-Ramsgate] [Golf Courses] ]Port Edward] East Griqualand [Kokstad] |
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Durban's historical town centre is not too large and can easily be explored on foot. It is centred around the imposing City Hall, between Smith and West Street. The hall was built in the Renaissance style and served from 1910 as the Town Hall. It houses nowadays the Concert Hall and the Natural Science Museum with extensive exhibitions about the fauna of South Africa and a life-sized dinosaur model at the entrance. The small Francis Farewell Square in front of the City Hall, surrounded by palm trees, is dedicated to the founding fathers of the city, merchants from the Cape, who camped here first in the year 1824.
At the corner of Aliwal and Smith Street - behind the City Hall - the Local History Museum is to be found in the Old Courthouse. The former High Court building was erected in the year 1866. The museum informs its visitors in depth about the town's history and the colonial lifestyle in the 19th and 20th century.